单词 | commodating |
释义 | † commodatingn. Obsolete. The action or practice of lending goods for use. Cf. mutuating n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > lending > [noun] loanc1290 lendinga1340 lentc1503 commodation1578 commodating1604 loaning1740 1604 T. Pie Usuries Spright Coniured sig. B4 If those verie things be lent to any use or end, so that the borrower spend them not, but restore the same peeces againe; it is commodating, not mutuating. 1611 R. Fenton Treat. Vsurie i. iv. 16 Selling, exchanging, commodating, or lending to vse. ?1679 C. Jelinger Usury stated Overthrown ii. 195 Both he and Grotius are mightily mistaken..by confounding commodating with lending. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † commodatingadj. Obsolete. rare. Willing to perform a service; = accommodating adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > obliging or complaisant commodious?1553 obliging1632 accommodating1642 complaisant1647 obligeant1654 complacential1658 engaging1673 complaisential1689 prevenant1750 preventing1751 complacent1790 commodating1887 1887 Daily Tel. 2 June 5/2 The accommodating—or, to put it in Latinity more correct than that of the Statute, the ‘commodating’—Librarian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1604adj.1887 |
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